Anchor Motel

This is the correct place to rest your head. There were so many negative Unilocal reviews about other motels in Narragansett and the Anchor stood out with so many positive reviews. I’m glad I can add one more. My son and I had a great experience from Christine taking the reservations to Gale checking us in. Go and enjoy.

Just returned from a visit to Narragansett and the motel was wonderful! It’s a small mom and pop place that is meticulously clean – when I saw the amount of sand our party of 4 inadvertantly brought into the room, I am amazed they can keep it as clean as they do. Rooms have a small refrigerator and hair dryer. It’s a nice place to stay if you want a short walk across the street to get to the beach. The rooms are on the smaller size and we always bring our own pillows, too, but you can’t beat the location and how clean the rooms are. Our room was ready hours before check in time – they would have let us park there anyway but it was nice to be able to get in early. They also let you park all day the day you leave. I’ve been here a handful of times over the past 5 years and I will absolutely return again!

Nice little family owner style motel. Steps across the road to the beach. Very convenient! Close to many near by restaurants and shops. This is just an average motel in a great spot and is very clean. Nothing fancy but I’d take clean any day over fancy! Rooms have a fridge which is helpful as well. This was one of our many visits to Narraganset but our first at anchor motel. We will definitely be back!

So, my husband and I were just here again after a year or so. We love the place for the beautiful views you have of the ocean from the last end unit in the building. It is always super clean and the price is right for what it is I suppose. Best part is they allow dogs, so our little shih-​tzu Holly was able to join us which was nice.
However, there were a few things this last time that I thought were sort of annoying. The fridge was not plugged in when we arrived and it took a really long time for this older mini fridge to get cold. I don’t know how much it could cost just to leave it plugged in, but it would have been nice to be able to put our food in a cold fridge as soon as we arrived.
When we left the room and returned the next day the beds had been made and they replaced our towels. The towels could probably be a little nicer, but that’s not really a big deal in my mind for a place that’s near the beach. The sink had not been wiped down and the old bar of soap we had used was still there and they didn’t replace the little plastic cups we used the night before. And the thing that really annoyed me was whoever cleaned the room decided that it was ok to shut off the air conditioner that I had set to a certain temperature when I left. Sorry, but that’s not ok in my book. We came back from a day in the sun with a dog who needs it to be cool and the room was super hot after having the sun blaring in when they pulled the blinds we had shut to block it out wide open.
When I pay for a room I’d like to be able to keep it at the temperature of my choosing.
Then the part we didn’t anticipate: The drunken loud mouth sitting on the front porch cursing and talking non-​stop to his enabler girlfriend who forced us to move our chairs around to the side of the motel on the grass. Thank goodness we had the end unit or we would have been forced to stay inside on what was a beautiful night.
The owner walked by once to water his flowers and heard the foul mouthed conversation and just ignored it.
And because of this it makes us wonder how often these shenanigans go on in the summer at this place, and do the owners take any measures to prevent their guests from annoying each other? The front porches are very close together and just one idiot could ruin the whole experience for everyone, which I suspect this ossified moron managed to do this past weekend. Luckily the fool got dragged off the porch by his girlfriend around 11:15, but had it gone on much longer we would have been forced to handle it ourselves because clearly, the owners were not handling it. There were people with little kids in the room next to him. Someone loudly using the F word as an adjective in every sentence should be asked to desist or face being asked to leave. Not by the other guests, but by the owner who clearly saw what was going on with that man.
We wanted to speak to the owner about this whole incident when we checked out, but no one was around at eight that morning and my husband left the key after ringing him on an intercom somewhere. So much for «Thanks for coming, we hope you had a pleasant stay.» It was more like, «yeah, just leave the key on the desk» or something like that. All I know is that my husband thought it was pretty unpleasant.
Would we be back? Most likely yes. I think it’s always going to be hit and miss with the neighbors you have. We’d only stay if we could get the end unit, which is a bit more expensive, but worth it in my opinion. I still think it is a hidden gem of a place and you can’t beat it’s location. However, the little things mean a lot too. I hope the owners are not losing interest in things because it did feel a little less hospitable than it had in the past and I hope this was just an off weekend and not the norm. That would be a deal breaker for me.

L-​O-​V-​freaking E! Super duper clean, stupid close to the beach and price is JUST right for what we wanted. Shower water pressure was good too!
Listen it’s not a 5 star resort by no means but when you have a kid and you want access to the beach and NOT have to treach halfway across west bubble F*ck if you forgot something in the room then this is the place! PLUS they give you fresh coffee and donuts from 7 – 10:30AM. For those of us who get up after 9am during vacay’s this is AWESOME!!!
A bunch of great restaurants, clam shacks, ice cream parlors, and independant coffee places as well as Dunky D’s were all 5 minutes drive from the motel.
Only 2 minor things that were a bit annoying was that the internet didn’t even reach our room so that kind of sucked and the other, which was not at all a fault of the motels but the freaking state of RI… they don’t have garbage cans on the beach so some douchebag left plastic bag full of garbage on our doorstep to the room, seriously who does that!!!
Regardless, we plan to book here again very soon!

It’s a basic motel, clean, comfortable bed, pillows, warm shower, and literally across the street from the beach. Check in was super easy and the owner was really friendly. I will definitely use this motel as my little vacation spot for future visits to this quaint town!

I love this little motel. It is literally across the street from the beach. I have only stayed here in the off season and we loved it. Very homey and personal feel to it. I also love the fact that there is a mini fridge in the room. You can’t even get that at a pricey hotel anymore. I find that a mini fridge is essential for chilling a bottle of wine and keeping your leftovers fresh (I always have leftovers!)
The rooms are a good size and they are VERY clean. We literally saw the owner (I presume) cleaning each room personally. I also love that the rooms have personal touches and they are kept beach themed without going overboard. When you can see the beach out of your window a shell painting is to be expected!
I have actually stayed at a majority of the motels in the area and I would chose this one above all others because of the price, location and the very important fact that I feel welcome!
I can’t wait to go back!

Best value … Closest to the beach (scarborough)… Owners were very friendly. It is a basic motel that is clean. Highly recommend!